Do you donate blood?

Damien

I have been plant based for the past 9 years and have donated blood throughout, admittedly I don’t donate as much as I could, one of the tests they do prior to the donation is they take a small drop of blood from a finger to check your iron levels, and I’ve never been in a situation with low iron, considering I don’t take iron supplements or overly worry about not receiving enough nutrition from a plant based diet, I thought this would be something interesting to share.

What’s your experience?

Posey

I do when there’s a blood drive that’s conveniently located. One of the best benefits I’ve obtained through a veggie diet is that my iron is no longer low. I guess it’s all the spinach that I eat now. I used to get rejected for being anemic, but that hasn’t happened since I made the switch.

Damien

Very interesting! I knew someone who used to follow a vegetarian lifestyle but stopped due to not receiving enough iron… I now wonder if they weren’t great at eating enough of the correct foods, or whether it was just an excuse.